Secret Colours Get Lost On ‘Heavy & Steady’ (Song Premiere)

Psychedelic rockers Secret Colours created a stir with a pair of albums in 2010 and 2013, and then all but fell apart when four of the six members left the Chicago group. Singer and guitarist Tommy Evans and drummer Justin Frederick built a new version of the band to record a pair of EPs out early this year. Speakeasy today premieres “Heavy & Steady” from the second of those releases.

Shards of guitar and catchy, reverb-soaked vocals spiral through the hazy song, which is anchored by a taut, loping bassline. Guitarist Mike Novak wrote the music and then brought the song to the rest of the band, Evans told Speakeasy.

“When I first heard the tune, I for some reason had the visual of driving an old convertible with a few friends along the shoreline to a late party in southern California, feeling alive and getting totally lost in that moment,” Evans said. “That was the basis for the lyrics.”

“Heavy & Steady” is from Secret Colours’ EP “Positive Distractions Part II,” which is due April 29. What do you think of the song? Leave your thoughts in the comments.

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